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Pulte-Centex and City Meet Without Homeowners Again |
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Wednesday, 17 March 2010 |
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City OK's plan to stabilze Rivermist retaining wall
Centex has met with city officials to present a plan to stabilize the failing retaining wall in San Antonio's Hills of Rivermist subdivision.The company released information that described the sort of work needed to make the area secure from future landslides.They say the first stop included drilling and inserting several stabilizing piers in a pattern across the landslide area of the slope. According to Centex, the piers will stabilize the area so that soil and damaged portions of the wall can be removed.They will utilize 100 piers, or pins, which are 30 feet long and between 2 to 3 feet in diameter. Each of the pins has a nine-inch steel tube embedded with 4,000 psi concrete. Additional KENS 5 News Reports |
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Pulte Finally Pays Workers |
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Wednesday, 17 March 2010 |
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Pulte Building Systems settles suit over jobs
A subsidiary of Pulte Homes Inc. has settled a lawsuit brought by a labor union that alleged the nation’s largest homebuilder fired several construction workers because they were trying to join the union. Pulte Building Systems, the subsidiary, denied any wrongdoing or liability in the case.
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San Antonio Building Inspectors Revealed |
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Tuesday, 16 March 2010 |
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Building inspectors in bribery investigation revealed
We've now uncovered the names of two City of San Antonio building inspectors who are the target of an on-going bribery investigation. One of the inspectors in trouble is Ernest A. Martinez, a building inspection supervisor and a ten year veteran of the city's planning and development department. The other is George Moreno, a senior electrical inspector. Both resigned last November after the city took steps to fire them after investigating a complaint they accepted bribes from contractors in exchange for approving work they did not inspect. |
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Grand Home Busted - Illegal Real Estate Settlement and Referra/kick-backs Charges |
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Tuesday, 16 March 2010 |
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Grand Homes in Trouble
Law enforcement officials have just confirmed that a HUD/RESPA complaint filed by certain Richardson Residents involving locally-based Grand Texas Homes, Inc. (GRAND) and its captive builder-controlled title company, Grand Title Company, LLC (GTC) involving illegal real estate settlement-related practices was successful. The complaint and ensuing investigation focused on selling, marketing, affiliated business disclosures, required title service provider practices and sales agreement provisions, and related business referral/kick-backs involving federally-related mortgage transactions associated with the Enclave of Breckinridge development in northeast Richardson. As the lead HUD/RESPA investigator in Washington, D.C. remarked when critical additional documents were provided by the two lead complainants, “YOU’VE MADE OUR CASE.” |
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United Home Owners of Rivermist Weekly Update, March 16th, 2010 |
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Tuesday, 16 March 2010 |
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United Home Owners of Rivermist
Feeling the heat from Rivermist residents, Pulte / Centex agrees to buy back 27 homes. But is that enough?On Wednesday, March 10th, over 80 Rivermist residents, community leaders, and State Rep. David Leibowitz rallied and spoke with reporters to demand that Centex Homes and its parent company Pulte take full responsibility for the harm inflicted on the Rivermist community. Afraid of the negative publicity, Pulte /Centex released a statement to the press simultaneously announcing that they would offer to buy back the 27 homes that had their certificate of occupancy removed by city inspectors |
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Sunday, 14 March 2010 |
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A message from Janet Ahmad: Nations 7th Largest City and Largest Homebuilder Pulte-Centex Take Lots of Heat as Builder Buys Back Houses |
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Sunday, 14 March 2010 |
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AND THE WALLS CAME TUMBLING DOWN
See the latest on the Rivermist Community See Photos |
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Rivermist Picnic a Great Success |
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Sunday, 14 March 2010 |
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Rivermist Fun and Food
Rivermist Families held activities, ate together, and all had fun Saturday. The community event was held in honor of the all displaced families. Little ones enjoyed the many activities and played with their friends. |
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Express News: Too Many Years Ignoring Retaining Walls and Failed City Public Policy |
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Sunday, 14 March 2010 |
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Rancher fights city's own wall collapse
In the summer of the epically wet 2007, a city-owned retaining wall that sits between Pearsall Park and Ruiz's South Side ranch collapsed during a rainstorm, sending dirt and debris onto his property and into Leon Creek... While San Antonio rebuilt the damaged portions of the retaining wall and cleaned up its property, Ruiz said the city has done nothing to clean up his property, and he's still trying to recover. He lost between 40 and 50 large, old trees, including pecan, elm, hackberry, black walnut and mulberry. The pileup of dirt and debris also damaged fences, cut off access to 30 acres of grazing pasture and caused water to back up on his property, he said..."Here they have an ordinance about trees," Ruiz said. Former Mayor Phil "Hardberger is out there hugging trees, and they're here kicking me in the butt." |
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Express Neww: Tedesco on City Failed Wall |
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Sunday, 14 March 2010 |
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City owned a faulty retaining wall
After a tall retaining wall buckled in a San Antonio neighborhood, threatening dozens of homes, rancher Ernest Ruiz called us with a tip about another faulty retaining wall. Ruiz�s story had an interesting twist: The collapsed wall near his rural property hadn�t been constructed by Centex Homes or other homebuilders. This wall was owned by the city: From a mostly quiet tract of land surrounded by the hubbub of urban life, Ernest Ruiz has waged a nearly three-year fight against the city of San Antonio over the failure of a retaining wall. |
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